Blizzard Toll Near 180 as Cold Deepens Across Northeast
The blizzard's toll nears 180 with deaths from heart attacks snow shoveling overexertion and vehicle trouble as temperatures plunge to 28 below in Jefferson County Pennsylvania and 14 below near Buffalo New York. Subzero readings press travel worldwide while trains buses and cars struggle under ice drifts and overloads. A missing hunter, Thomas Mroczkowski, 17, from Perth Amboy, defined the search in High Point State Park, New Jersey.
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Jefferson County
Pennsylvania
Wyoming County
Buffalo
Thomas Mroczkowski
Perth Amboy
High Point State Park
New Jersey
Sussex County
Discoverer XVIII Faces Much Less Radiation On Flight
Air Force scientists report Discoverer XVIII nose cone encountered far less radiation than Discoverer XVII on a similar space flight. The gold plated capsule, opened in San Antonio, rounded the world 48 times without registering radiation on needle dosimeters.
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San Antonio
Tex
Air Force
George Crawford
School of Aviation Medicine
California
Pacific
Wisconsin tax committee weighs 2 percent sales tax boost
A final report from Wisconsin's top tax committee proposes a 2 percent sales tax and higher personal income tax rates. The draft, a composite from three subcommittees, could raise about $135 million yearly, with specifics to be debated by the 19 member group Friday. The plan includes options to exempt food or offer a credit refund and an income tax structure from 2 to 10 percent, potentially adding $50 million annually.
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Madison
Wisconsin
Howard Koop
Governor's Tax Study Commission
Miller Upton
Beloit
Upton
Mayor Knutson vows re election if school fight not settled
The La Crosse mayor announces he will seek re election in April unless the education budget dispute is resolved this week. He endorses a council plan with changes including a 200 dollar teacher raise and a 20 thousand dollar contingency fund to hire teachers where shortages exist.
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la Crosse
Wisconsin
Rutishauser
Trane Co
IBM
Rochester
Minn
Knutson
Milo G. Knuts
Joint meeting on proposed La Crosse safety building set
La Crosse County Board and the Common Council with the city planning consultant will meet at 8 p.m. December 21 to review the proposed joint safety building. The session follows a council resolution asking the review and considers a county jail extension request amid a state condemnation.
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la Crosse
Leo Kihm
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Common Council
Christopherson
Carl Bruhnke
Council
Chamber of Commerce
Now Official Otto Jetson to Be Sheriff
Vernon County Wisconsin Democrat Otto Jetson will serve another term as sheriff after official canvassing board recount shows 5887 votes for Jetson and 5872 for Republican Morris Moon. The 15 vote margin ends the dispute as Moon agreed that 66 absentee ballots be counted invalid. Board chair Kenneth Curtis said no fraud and that ballots were misdistributed by third parties but must be handled under state law.
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Viroqua
Wis
Otto Jetson
Vernon County
Jetson
Morris Moon
Moon
Kenneth Curtis
Texas
Kennedy
Illinois
Thomas E. Kluczynski
Cook County
Chicago
Nixon
George Dapples
Kluczynski
National Electoral College
Veto Sets Battle Over 1961 School Budget In City
Mayor Milo G. Knutson vetoes the Common Council's 49 mill 1961 budget citing built in increases that would raise 1962 rates to 27 3 mills higher. A Thursday 7 30 p m meeting will decide the veto with a required 16 votes to override. City votes Wednesday night totaled 11 9 with Alderman Kenneth Niedbalski dissenting on the teachers’ 500 salary raise.
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Conand S. Edwards
la Crosse
Milo G. Knutson
Common Council
Kenneth Niedbalski
Emil Schultz
Conan S. Edwards
Board of Education
Kennedy Begins Busy Cabinet Appointment Round
President-elect Kennedy met AFL-CIO chief George Meany at his Georgetown home as part of a broad Cabinet search. He weighed Agriculture and Labor posts and signaled possible picks for Defense and Treasury while plans for a state department slate moved forward.
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Washington
John F. Kennedy
George Meany
Afl-Cio
Kennedy
Georgetown
Pierre Salinger
Defense
Meany
George S. McGovern
D-S.d
Fred V. Heinkel
Missouri Farmers Association
Secretary of Defense
Robert §. McNamara
Ford Motor Co
Paul H. Nitze
State Department
Truman
Roswell Gilpatric
Air Force
Douglas Dillon
Treasury
Agriculture
Palm Beach
Fla
Unpledged Electors To Vote For Sen Byrd
Republicans lose court challenges to overturn Kennedy leads in Illinois and Texas as official tallies narrow Kennedy margin nationwide. Unpledged electors from Mississippi and Alabama pledge to Byrd could shift House fate. Texas recount request denied. Illinois suits dismissed. electoral vote total remains 300 for Kennedy with 114 859 nationwide edge over Nixon.
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John F. Kennedy
Illinois
Texas
Kennedy
Richard M. Nixon
New York
Nixon
Massachusetts
Rhode Island
Mississippi
Alabama
Jackson
Miss
Harry F. Byrd
D-Va
House of Representatives
Byrd
U. S. Dist
Ben C. Connally
Sen
Burd
White House
Harry Byrd
Frank Mixwell
Montgomery
Ala
Bob Guntin
Gulfport
C. E. Hornsby Jr
Centreville
D. M. Nelson
Clinton
Frank Dixon
Birmingham
Clay Tucker
Woodville
UPI
Three Toddlers Die In Row House Fire
In Philadelphia on Monday a blaze destroyed a row house killing Ellen Sherocski 4, George 2, and William 1. Their mother had left them briefly to shop nearby. the Sherocski parents’ other three children survived unharmed.
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Philadelphia
Ellen Sherocski
George
William
Edward Sherocski
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Seiler Lane
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